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Readers who finished Pirates by Charles Johnson and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by 17th Century, Maritime History & Piracy, Criminology, and Modern.

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Themes: 17th Century • Maritime History & Piracy • Modern

Blackbeard the Pirate A Reappraisal of His Life and Times

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Themes: 17th Century • Maritime History & Piracy • Modern

Born to Be Hanged The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune

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Themes: 17th Century • Maritime History & Piracy • Modern

Under the Black Flag The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

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Themes: 17th Century • Maritime History & Piracy • Modern

The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000

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Themes: 17th Century • Maritime History & Piracy • Modern

Blood Ransom Stories from the Front Line in the War Against Somali Piracy

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Themes: Maritime History & Piracy • Criminology • Social Science

Why We Love Pirates The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever

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Themes: Maritime History & Piracy • Criminology • Social Science

Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740

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Themes: Maritime History & Piracy • Criminology • Social Science

Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance

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Themes: Maritime History & Piracy • Criminology • Social Science

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#11

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#12

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#13

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#14

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#15

The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe

Amanda L. Capern

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#16

Lady Fanshawe’s Receipt Book The Life & Times of a Civil War Heroine

Lucy Moore

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#17

Contested Island Ireland 1460-1630 — S. J. Connolly

S.J. Connolly

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#18

The End of Barbary Terror America’s 1815 War Against the Pirates of North Africa

Frederick C. Leiner

Themes: Maritime History & Piracy • Modern • Social Science

#19

The Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain

Robin D. Gwynn

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#20

Don Juan of Persia A Shi’ah Catholic 1560-1604

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#21

Margaret the First

Danielle Dutton

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#22

Dynasty and Piety Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars

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Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#23

Indian Cities Histories of Indigenous Urbanization

Kent Blansett

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

#24

Rescue the Surviving Souls The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

Adam Teller

Themes: 17th Century • Modern • Social Science

Fans of Pirates by Charles Johnson will find 24 titles here, all united by 17th Century, Maritime History & Piracy, Criminology. Authors represented include John Looker, Robert E. Lee, Keith Thomson, David Cordingly, and others.